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A. GOLDBERG.

DRUM COVERAND RAIN PROTECTOR. APPLICATION HLED JULY 10, 1919;

' A TTOR/VEYS Patented Nov. 4, 1919.

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A. GQLDBERG.

DRUM COVER AND RAIN PROTECTOR.

APPLICATION HLED JULY 10. 1919. 1,321,029. Patented Nov. 4, 1919.

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z l/Vl/E/VTOI? ATTORNEYS iii-1.35.1- qud up ARTHUR GOLDBERG, OF NEWYORK, N. Y.

DRUM COVER AND RAIN-PROTECTOR.-

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 4, 1919.

Application filed July 10, 1919. Serial No. 309,806.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ARTHUR GOLDBERG, a citizen of the United States, anda resident of the city of New York, borough of the Bronx, in the countyof Bronx and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved DrumCover and Rain-Protector, of which the following is a full, clear, andexact description.

This invention relates to musical instruments and has particularreference to covers or protectors for drums. V

From my improvement I am able to equip any size drum with a reliableprotector of the drum head or heads from rain, snow,- or the l ke,making it poss ble for the drummer to meet any engagement without regardto the weather, and furthermore which will enable him to manipulate hisinstrument with impunity and with little or no inconvenience to him andwith but a slight, if

any, mufliing of the music.

WVith the foregoing and other objects in View the invention consists inthe arrangement and combination of parts hereinafter described andclaimed, and while the invention is not restricted to the exact detailsof construction disclosed or suggested herein, still for the purpose ofillustrating a practical embodiment thereof reference is had to theaccompanying drawings, in which like reference characters designate thesame parts in the several views, and in which Figure 1 is a perspectivevlew of a snare drum indicating the skeleton or frame work of myimprovement clamped thereto. Fig. 2 is a similar view showing the drumcover complete and substantially in playing position. v

Fig. 3 is a detail sectional view on a plane corresponding to the line33 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 4 is a similar section of the same figure on the line H.

Fig. 5 is a side elevation of a bass drum. protector. V

Fig. 6 is a similar view showing the protector attached to the bassdrum. Fig. 7 is a diagram indicating approximately the relation of thebass drum to the drummer.

Fig. 8 is a similar view indicating the general appearance of a snaredrum in use protected by my improvement.

9 is a detail View indicating one of my improved covers or rainprotectors detached from the drum and rolled into a compact bundleforstorage or carrying upon the drum; and

Fig. 10 is a detail View indicating the means for connecting the rainprotector or cover proper detachably to the frame.

Referring now more specifically to the drawings I show in Fig. 1 aplurality of ribs 10 of any suitable practically rigid material such asstrap metal, celluloid, hard rubber or the like each having at one end afoot 11 adapted to straddle the rim 12 of the drum and to which the footis clamped by any suitable means such as a set screw 13 acting throughone of the parts of the foot and against one face of the rim, preferablythe outer face for convenience. may be of any suitable number, say fromfive to eight for a snare drum, or perhaps more for a bass drum andwhich in operating position project longitudinally of the drum andparallel to one another.

At any suitable points between its end each rib 10 is provided withholes for pivots 14 and 15, said holes being arranged sym-- metricallyin all of the ribs, or at equal distances from the ends.

Extending circumferentially of the proteotor and from one pivot 1 1' tothe next is a jointed stay 16 comprising two links 16 pivoted togetherat 17 midway between the connected ribs and pivoted at their remote endsupon pivots 1 1. The pivot 17 may in elude a winged nut 18 for grippingthe links in extended position in practice and providing for the foldingthereof when out of use; The stay members 16 extending entirely aroundthe protector constitute in effeet a continuous band or hoop.

Parallel to the band formed by the stay members 16 is another similarband composed of stay members 19 each having two links 19"pivotedadjustably together at 20 with a winged nut, or its equivalent,and having their remote ends pivoted at 15 to the adjacent ribs justabove the feet 11 thereof. The several stay members 16 and 19 whenextended and tightened serve to make a rigid frame or skeleton for theprotector.

For a snare drum a protector for one head is ordinarily suflicient,namely, the head that These ribs 10' is beaten with the sticks. Rain ormoisture through other causes ordinarily does not in jure the drum headunless said head is beaten while wet. Consequently any moisture thatmight reach the snare end of the drum is not likely to occasion anyinjury thereto. When, however, the drum is protected at its upper end asshown in Figs. 2 to S the likelihood that rain will reach the snare headis rather remote.

Attached to the skeleton or frame work of the protector is a coveringhaving a head 21 and a cylindrical portion 22. The head is circular andis attached to the end of the cylindrical drum portion preferably by a.

corded seam 23 just beyond the upper ends of the ribs 10. Any suitablewaterproof material may be employed for the cover and the ribs 10 may besecured thereto permanently in any suitable manner, or if desired asindicated in Fig. 10 the drum portion of the cover may be provided withlongitudinal pockets into which the ribs 10 are fitted. Except for theframe work already described the cover is preferably made of allflexible material whereby the folding thereof along with the folding ofthe frame incident to the breaking of the joints at 17 and 20 may bereadily effected in order to collapse the protector and strap it to thedrum or otherwise to the person in idle position during dry weather. Inthe detail Fig. 10 I show how the ribs 10 may be provided with tappedholes and the screw fasteners in taking the place of the pivots 14: and15 may serve both to connect the stay links pivotally to each other andalso to pass through the outer ply of. the covering pocket into the rib.By loosening the screw LP the cover may be slipped off of'the frame sothat the protector from the rain may serve directly as a flexible coverfor the drum and so take the place of the usual drum. cover which is nota protector for the drum while pl ying in the rain. On the lower or leftend of the cover and protector is arranged a cap 21 which may beseparable from the main drum portion of the cover or preferably carriedas a permanent connection as indicated in Figs. 2 and 6. hen the drum isbeing played and the protector is supported a provided for by thisdevice with a space within it for manipulation of the drum sticks orbeater a cap 21 may depend idly on any convenient side of the drumpreferably between the drum and the drummer where it would be the leastconspicuous. IVhen, however, the cover is slipped over the drum toprotect the drum from dust or the like when not in use, the looseportion of the cap at its periphery is adapted to be fastened over theadjacent drum portion of the cover, as by means of buttons or snapfasteners indicated at 21.

IVith reference now more particularly to the snare drum protector Iprovide for the upper side of the cover to accommodate the left hand acanopy 21- supported by a frame 25 which in turn is held in extendedposition by means of one or more brackets 26 clamped by means of setscrews or the like 27 to the adjacent rim 12. An opening 28 is providedthrough which the left hand drum stick is projected and manipulated withthe hand projecting either through the opening or beneath the canopy.For the right hand an opening 29 is provided around which is a flexiblecult 30 into or through which the right hand may be projected. Thus thecuff port-ion may project or depend downward with more freedom orflexibility than does the canopy in view of the fact that the right handnaturally occupies a position beneath the protector as a whole. It willbe understood from the foregoing description that the drummer maymanipulate his drum sticks with practically the same facility as thoughthe protector is not present and yet a shower of rain can have nodamaging effect upon the drum. Furthermore since the effect of the snaredrum is received largely from the lower or snare end which isunprotected and exposed to the atmosphere, the musical effect with myimprovement is not materially different from'the ordinary effect.

The application of my improvement to a bass drum is similar to thatabove described. In Fig. 5 I show the protector applied to a drum forthe purpose of serving as an ordinary cover when the drum is not in use.The cuff portion 30 may depend on the outside or may be tucked withinthe drum portion of the cover if preferred. In the case of a bass drumcover the canopy is not employed inasmuch as one hand hole is requiredand this will be similar to the right hand device above described, intoor through which the hand is projected to manipulate the drum beater. Ifthe drummer desires to beat both heads of the drum and with both hands aprotector 22 may be provided for each head as indicated in dotted linesin Fig. 7, but otherwise they may be the same. At 31 I show a flexiblemember in the nature of a two-part strap having a buckle 82 and adapt-edto be en'iployed either as a handle or carrying device for the drumcovered by my improvement in idle condition or it may be used as a meansto wrap the protector in a small compact bundle as shown in Fig. 9 whenseparated from the drum.

I claim:

1. The combination with a drum having a rim and a head stretched withinthe rim and susceptible to damage due to moisture. of a protector forsaid head comprising a frame, means to clamp the frame to the rim, and aprotecting cover carried by the frame in spaced relation to the headgiving room for manipulation of the drum sticks Within the protector andserving to protect the drum head from the Weather.

2. The herein described drum cover and protector comprising a frame,means to detachably the frame to the drum leaving a clear space Withinthe frame adjacent to the head of the drum and a Waterproof coveringsupported by the frame in spaced relation to said head of the drumwhereby the drum may be manipulated While other- Wise exposed to theWeather, but protected therefrom from damage.

3. The herein described drum cover and rain protector comprising acollapsible frame means to secure the frame in rigid position to thedrum leaving a clear space next to the head Within the frame, a rainproof protector carried by the frame in spaced relation to the drumhead, said protector being provided With means to introduce the drumsticks and protect the drum head from dampness.

4:. In a drum cover and rain protector, the combination of a series ofparallel ribs, means to fix the ribs to the drum, collapsibleconnections between adjacent ribs, and a flexible rain proof coveringcarried by the frame in spaced relation to the drum head and givingaccess for the drummer to the space Within the protector for theintroduction and manipulation of the drum sticks.

55. The herein describeddrum cover and protector comprising acollapsible frame, a two-part strap connected thereto and including abuckle, said strap serving as a handle in one position of the protectorand as a binding member for the protector in another position thereof.

ARTHUR GOLDBERG.

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' Washington, D. G.

